Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

spotted Valerio sitting at the table, working on a pile of art

quickly looked down and

in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always been

to wait for Leandro. But how would he react when

she approached Valerio. He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense her approaching, his sketching grew even more frantic the closer she got.

Seraphina asked as she picked up the assignment brief from

help of their parents, featuring a family portrait

four identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made up of a few strokes resembling matchsticks.

supposed to represent Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem to match the standard. one

Seraphina’s gaze, Valerio’s

at home can help you with this assignment,” Seraphina sighed, “You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven years, and now I’m picking

and quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing Leandro, she paused and handed the pencil

moment before accepting the pencil from her and copying her style to draw Leandro. Despite his lack of drawing

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resembled Leandro.

her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on

the pencil, his brows furrowed in deep thought, but he didn’t make

took the pencil from him, “Let me

chin, studying the little boy in front of her. Valerio was truly beautiful, with flawless skin, dark hair,

starting to sketch with her long eyelashes casting a shadow on

looked up at Valerio, she found him looking at her, his eyes full of curiosity. She patted his chin and said with a smile, “You’re such a looker, why are you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How